This is a 16 step Oracle 11g installation guide that covers a typical installation scenario with screenshots.

1. Select installation method

Following two installation methods are available:

Basic Installation – Choose this to perform the full Oracle Database 11g installation with standard configuration options. You can use only filesystem for storage in this option.

Advanced Installation – This gives your full control over the installation, including the ability to choose Automatic Storage Management. Select this option as shown below.

Fig - Select Installation Method

2. Specify Inventory directory and credentials

Enter the following information:

Enter the inventory directory: /u01/app/oraInventory

Specify operating system group name:oinstall

Fig - Specify Inventory directory and credentials

3. Select Installation Type

Following three installation types are available:

Enterprise Edition – Select this option.

Standard Edition

Custom

Fig - Select Installation Type

4. Specify Install Location

Enter the following information:

Oracle Base: /u01/app/oracle

Name: Oracle_Home

Path: /u01/app/oarcle/product/11.1.0

Fig - Select Install Location

5. Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks

In this screen, the Installer verifies that your environment meets all of the minimum requirements for installing and configuring the products that you have chosen to install. You must manually verify and confirm the items that are flagged with warnings and items that require manual checks.

6. Select Configuration Option

Following three configuration options are available:

Create a Database – Select this option.

Configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Install Software Only

Fig - Select Configuration Option

7. Select a Database Configuration

Following three database configuration options are available.

General Purpose/Transaction Processing – Select this option.

Data Warehouse

Advanced

Fig - Select Database Configuration

8. Specify Database Configuration

Enter the following information:

Global Database Name: devdb.example.com . An Oracle database is uniquely identified by a Global Database Name, typically of the form “name.domain”

SID:devdb

9. Specify Database Configuration Details

There are four different tabs in this screen as shown below:

Memory Tab

Select the check-box to Enable Automatic Memory Management

Drag the bar to allocate the memory. This will automatically allocate memory size for SGA and PGA depending on the total database memory allocated.

Character Sets Tab. Following three character set options are given in this tab.

Use the default

Use Unicode (AL32UTF8)

Choose from the list of character sets. Select Database Character Set as Unicode standard UTF-8AL32UTF8 – Select this option.